Bleeding Green, Christopher Price
Bleeding Green, Christopher Price
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Bleeding Green
A History of the Hartford Whalers

Author: Christopher Price

Narrator: Christopher Price

Unabridged: 9 hr 18 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Tantor Media

Published: 02/28/2023

Synopsis

The Hartford Whalers were a beloved hockey team from their founding in 1972 as the New England Whalers. Playing in the National Hockey League's smallest market and arena after the World Hockey Association merger in 1979, they struggled in a division that included both the Boston Bruins and Montreal Canadiens—but their fans were among the NHL's most loyal. In 1995 new owners demanded a new arena and, when it fell through, moved the team to North Carolina, rebranding as the Hurricanes.

Even though more than two decades have come and gone since Connecticut's only professional sports team moved, nobody has truly forgotten the Whalers, their history, and their unique—and still highly profitable—logo. And while the NHL continues to thrive without them, their impact stretches far beyond the ice and into an entirely different cultural arena.

Christopher Price grew up in Connecticut as a diehard Whalers fan, experiencing firsthand the team's bond with the community. Drawing from all aspects of the team's past, he tells the uncensored history of Connecticut's favorite professional sports franchise. Part sports history and part civic history, Bleeding Green shows vividly why the Whalers remain firmly embedded in the American milieu and have had a lasting impact on not only the NHL but the sports landscape as a whole.

About Christopher Price

Christopher Price is a native New Englander who lived for the Whalers as a youngster. He is an award-winning sportswriter who has covered the New England sports scene for more than twenty years. Price has served as a contributor to ESPN.com and SI.com, as well as the Boston Globe, the Washington Post, the Miami Herald, Rocky Mountain News, and the Cape Cod Times. He is the author of The Blueprint: How the New England Patriots Beat the System to Create the Last Great NFL Superpower and Drive for Five: The Remarkable Run of the 2016 Patriots.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Megan on September 17, 2022

Thank you to the publisher and NetGalley for this ARC! Bleeding Green recounts the story of the Hartford Whalers NHL franchise. As the NHL struggled to compete against the rise of other professional sports, like American football and basketball, the NHL expanded the teams beyond the original six to i......more

Goodreads review by Dave on February 21, 2024

An excellent look at the history of the Hartford Whalers from beginning to end. Just the right amount of detail and written from the perspective of a true fan of the team. The takes on the influence of UConn basketball on the demise of the team is particularly interesting. Well done and a must read......more

Goodreads review by Bill on September 23, 2023

As a life-long CT resident I can say that Price captured the situation perfectly. We live in a sports borderland. Yes, we have a bigger media market than some other places who have pro-teams but we sit right between Boston and New York. When it comes to top-league professional sports we are divided.......more

Goodreads review by Muneer on December 26, 2022

If you're a big fan of hockey, this is the book for you. I felt like the book lost some steam and got a little to bogged down in the description of the WHA era. I felt like a lot of anecdotes were a bit too long. It was a very heady time for the city of Hartford, and I appreciate how much civic pride......more

Goodreads review by Tim on January 05, 2024

It's a good quick read I would recommend to hockey fans. I imagine Whalers fans will love it. I was looking for a bit more discussion on the efforts to keep the team in Hartford and what eventually lead to their departure but this was much more of a celebratory book on the 25 years the team spent as......more

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